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By: fishbiker
Posted: 10/30/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 10/28/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the sky sun am, put the boat in at sultan and headed way up river to look around, only saw a few meter marks and was no fishable water . headed back down. dropped anchor across from the Wallace an...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 11/2/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 11/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Well, this week has been pretty darn spectacular. With the frequent rains, we've been fishing high in the system, the Skykomish when it's not blown, and the Wallace when it's too high. All round fishi...
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By: NWDude
Posted: 11/3/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 2
Fished: 11/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
After a long week of rain the rivers been too hard to fish but my brother and I have been itching to go fishing. So we decided to try near the mouth of the Wallace. Then when we got to the river we ...
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Posted: 10/23/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/22/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Headed out to Reiter yesterday; tied up a couple of jigs the night before and proceeded to field test them :) Gringo, it was nice meeting you the other day; watching you wrench on that Steel the other...
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Posted: 10/24/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 1
Fished: 10/24/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A friend and I got a late start but decided to take advantage of the great river conditions out on the skyko. we went to a spot by the prison. My friend hooked a real nice looking chum in the rear wi...
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Posted: 10/26/2012
Species: Coho Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 10/26/2012
Hot Spots: 2
First off we tried fishing at alborlin park. Too many people fishing no spot for us. we left and went another spot. got their at 430pm. Both of us using eggs under bobber. 15min into fishing my bro ca...
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Posted: 7/4/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/4/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Spent the early morning fishing in sultan. I didn't get a single bite bibut saw 5 fish hooked and one landed from shore, and 2 fish caught from boats passing through... Just not my morning! Next ...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 7/5/2013
Species: Chinook Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/3/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Well, this report is for the last few weeks on the Skykomish. We've been having a great time on the river, the weather has been fantastic and it's been an all around great month for salmon and steelhe...
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Posted: 6/25/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/25/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After a three week dry spell I finally struck steel at Reiter tonight.This bright hen took down my fourth jig change, a purple and pink w florescent pink head. I tried pink, peach, a pink worm, plus ...
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By: wbroekhof
Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started the day off fishing Reiter (Highway Side) at 6:30am at cable hole. Started float fishing and hooked into a hen after about 30 minutes. No acrobatics from her, she stayed down at first then sta...
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Posted: 7/5/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/5/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Reiter in the a.m looking for steelhead. No bites for me, my dad did mange to hook into one and lost it. The river is starting to look very clear and the water is dropping slightly. It was s...
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Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/29/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Stopped by 3 Rivers to look at a couple boats. They had a kids pond set up and BlueRock was volunteering. She is buds with my daughter so the two quickly had a line in the water. My kid takes after...
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Posted: 6/30/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/30/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Woohoo! I got my first damn steelhead takedown! Fought that bastard for a minute then snap! Busted off my jig! Dammit! It was huge and chrome too, I was running 12 pound leader, but I guess my d...
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Posted: 6/22/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/22/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Wow, what a day at Reiter. Got in line bright and early this morning, only to wach some guy run like the devil was on his heels as soon as he parked. Never saw him catch anything, for his efforts...
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By: Kokaholic
Posted: 6/23/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing Reiter at 6am along with the rush of 40 plus people third cast fish on then gone! Crap! Most fish being taken on hatchery side by plunking. When leaving I counted 5 fish on bank betwe...
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By: TyeeMatt
Posted: 6/24/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/24/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Headed to the river this morning and with the second cast landed this native. She wasn’t as big as last week’s, but still beautiful and a great fight. This is the same jig that got my other one last ...
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Posted: 7/7/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
After being buried in a new job and then taking a month long vacation I am starting to get back into the groove. One thing I needed was to punch my 1st steelhead on my new card. Got to the river abo...
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Posted: 7/14/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
I don't know what I'm doing wrong at this point, haha. I hit the river at 4:25 this morning, worked a half mile stretch in sultan with some decent looking fishy holes. I saw one fish hop out of t...
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By: wbroekhof
Posted: 7/14/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/14/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Started fishing at cable hole at 6am with a float and jig. Slow morning and then around 9am as the sun started coming out over the river the float goes down. Had a great fight with the fish going airb...
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By: wbroekhof
Posted: 7/21/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 7/21/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Got to go out this morning and brought my daughter along with. she's been seeing the fish I've been bringing home and wanted to join in on the action :). We got to Reiter around 7:30am and went down ...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 7/31/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/31/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Wow. The Skykomish is at my all time favorite stage. Low and clear! And there are TONS of fish in it. The bite has been great, when the sun comes out, that's when you really need to have what it takes...
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By: joeskayak
Posted: 8/6/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/6/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Spent a couple hours after work trying to be sneaky and creep up on some of those summer-runs on the upper Sky (above Reiter). Started with alternating between small nightmare and orange jig under a f...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 8/8/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/7/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Holy cow! Fishing has been fantastic! We're catching fish left and right out here. Small and stealthy is the key, I know, I keep saying it, but it's the truth. Stand back and stand low and these summe...
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By: Flytrap
Posted: 8/19/2013
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/19/2013
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and I thought we would go up river to fish steelhead since the pinks aren't in that heavy yet. We tried a new spot up river from Reiter Ponds. We hiked down to the river to check it out and wo...
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Posted: 8/24/2013
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/23/2013
Hot Spots: 0
Fishin the sky lately and Ive been having some really good outings. With the pinks its all about finesse and timing the bite. I caught 13 Friday in 3 hours and 8 today (24th) when nobody else around...
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